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When you’re ready to lay out your drawing for plotting, you’ll start working with layout tabs. Here are some tips to make this task easier. Rename a layout tab by double-clicking it, then just type the new name and press Enter. And remember, you should name your layouts something other than Layout1, Layout2, etc. There are several ways to export a drawing to a PDF file–I have links to some other related tips below. But most don’t have a way for you to specify your scale, because they aren’t connected to the plotting process. Instead, you can plot to a PC3 file that creates a PDF file. This method gives [...] A vector image is an image whose underlying definition is vectors, that is lines, directions, and distances. Programs use equations to define vector images. Many programs create vector images, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Flash, and, of course, AutoCAD. Vectors have a great advantage—they never get grainy when you enlarge them; they’re always crisp and clear. On [...] Recently, a subscriber asked me, “How do I change my screen from white to black?” Many of you know the answer, but I realized that I don’t have this on my website anywhere, so I thought I should add it. Start the OPTIONS command. An easy way is to right-click anywhere in the drawing area or [...] Lots of people use the PDF format. If you have a PDF image that you want to reference as you draw, you an attach it as an underlay, starting with AutoCAD 2010. This is similar to attaching an xref. Choose Insert tab> Reference panel> Attach (the ATTACH command). You can also use the PDFATTACH command. In the [...] I just finished teaching a 2-week AutoCAD class at the local University here (Maharishi University of Management). The course was part of the Sustainable Living undergraduate major program. It was a lot of fun and the students created amazing designs and fantastic drawings of those [...] Many people need to export image files from AutoCAD to put into reports or other documents. Did you know that you can save a drawing in JPEG and PNG format for display on the Web? Use the JPGOUT or PNGOUT command. You can also create JPEGs using the Publish to Web feature. For older releases, use the [...] You can put an AutoCAD drawing — in DWF format — directly into PowerPoint. Not just a JPEG or other image of the drawing, but the actual drawing. More incredible, with Autodesk® Design Review, you can zoom in and out and pan around the drawing to show all of the drawing [...] Architects use sheet sets all of the time to pull together the many required drawings into one package. Other disciplines use them less often, but if you need to deliver a number of drawings together, they can help you organize and maintain them. Sheet sets have a reputation for being complicated and [...] One of the new features in AutoCAD 2008 is data extraction. This might make you think of block attributes and data connectivity, but it combines features of both. It’s both simple and powerful. You start with the new DATAEXTRACTION command, or by starting the TABLE command and choosing the From Object Data in the [...] |
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